Looking Back and Moving Forward
The Twelve Days of Christmas for Writers is nearly here!
One of my favorite times in all the year will soon be starting! Julie Hedlund’s 12 Days of Christmas for Writers is a wonderful, inspiring way to reflect on the year past, on the good and the bad, to sift all the experiences, find the learnings, and make plans for going into the new year…
Read MoreJulie Hedlund’s Resolution Revolution!
Image by Bich Tran, from pexels.com Children’s author Julie Hedlund challenged participants of her 12 Days of Christmas for Writers series to post SUCCESSES (rather than resolutions) on our blogs this year. She believes the way New Year’s resolutions are traditionally made comes from a place of negativity – what DIDN’T get done or achieved in the…
Read MoreHeads up! The 12 Days of Christmas for Writers is on its way!
In last week’s post, I said I’d let you know when the sign-up for Julie Hedlund’s 12 Days of Christmas for Writers (and Illustrators) went live. It’s here! It’s here! 12 Days will begin on Sunday, December 26. Each day, an email will come with the link to the video and activity for that day.…
Read MoreJulie Hedlund’s 12 Days of Christmas for Writers 2018 Edition!
Woohooooooo! Julie Hedlund has just announced the 2018 edition of her fabulous 12 Days of Christmas for Writers. If you read my post on Monday, you’ll know I’ve been pacing around with my fingers crossed, eagerly awaiting this announcement. To find out more and to sign up, go to this link: 12 Days of Christmas…
Read MoreThe Importance of Taking Stock and Setting Goals in a Writer’s Life
In this brief time before the end of the current year and the beginning of the New Year, I like to pause and look back over what I have achieved – and what I haven’t achieved – and what I want to do in the coming year. I do this in a variety of ways.…
Read MoreTime For Something a Little Different
Thank you for sticking with me through this year’s version of alphabetical posts! While it did give me a bit of a focus for each week, rest assured that next blogging year, I will find some other way to focus my posts. I will leave the alphabet to experts like Kermit and Joey. (I just…
Read MoreA Time for Evaluation, Reflection, and Celebration!
Today, December 12th, is my birthday. As it happens, it is one of those special birthdays that only comes around once every ten years. Today I am sixty. (That boggles my mind somewhat. Where did those years go?) I’m writing this on the eve of my birthday. A friend emailed me this evening, asking if…
Read MoreFrom the archives — The Fine Art of Reading Aloud, 5, Older Adults and Isolated People
This was first posted on elizabethannewrites on June 26, 2011. Interestingly, it received by far the most hits from search engine queries than any other post on that blog. In the over ten years (!) since I wrote this series of blog posts under the umbrella heading of “reading aloud to the elderly,” there have…
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